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Good lord, don't worry about this BS, it's clearly fine outside the world of fringe complaint-seeking Internet loonies. Or well-attuned trolls, which I'd say is
by asark 7y ago
Good lord, don't worry about this BS, it's clearly fine outside the world of fringe complaint-seeking Internet loonies. Or well-attuned trolls, which I'd say is more likely in this case (in which case: well done troll, I mean look at this thread! But then HN's got some of the worst troll defenses around, so, middling victory).
Anywho, unless you're punning with "brought to bare" it should be "brought to bear", as in "bearing", as in the direction of something.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bring_to_bear https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bring_to_bear
- milemi 7y agoHi, the fringe complaint-seeking internet loony here. Ageism is a real thing with consequences affecting the very livelihood of millions of people. I don't know the author's age, but people in their thirties sometimes think calling themselves old farts is cute. My bet is they'll change their minds once they hit their fifties, if they don't exit the industry by then. But dismissing all that as trolling is certainly the easy way to go.
- youeseh 7y agoAh, but you're mixing industry with skill here. I can be an old-fart surfer and not be a paid surfer, for example.